Basketry Cup and Saucer Item Number: 1-2197 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The spruce root is natural, red, and blue. The bear grass is red, orange, and blue.
Exhibit Label
17. Spruce Root Cup & Saucer Tlingit
Drinking cups made of twined spruce root were used by
Tlingit people in the 1800s (see "Cooking with Basketry"),
but cups and saucers like these were made solely for sale to
tourists visiting Alaska.
Item History
- Received from Dr. Helen Bogardus
What
- Name
- Basketry Cup and Saucer
- Identification Number
- 1-2197
- Type of Item
- basketry cup and saucer
- Material
- spruce root and bear grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, false embroidered, dyed and triple twined
- Overall
- height 5.0 cm, width 11.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Dr. Helen Bogardus
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection